Where does “nguồn cội” come from?

nguồn cội (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguồn, from Chinese 源.

nguồn cội (Vietnamese): root; origin; source

Definitions

  1. root; origin; source

Ancestry of “nguồn cội”, step by step

nguồn cội traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nguồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenguồnsource; spring
2Chinese源—

via Vietnamese cối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecốia mortar; the container of a rice mill; a rice...
2Proto-Vietict-koːlʔrice mortar
Every word from Chinese 源 →Every word from Vietnamese nguồn →